Aṅguttara Nikāya
VIII. Aṭṭhaka Nipāta
II: Mahā Vagga
The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha
VIII. The Book of the Eights
II. The Great Chapter
Sutta 17-18
Purisa-Bandhana Suttaɱ and Itthi-Bandhana Suttaɱ
Bondage 1 and 2
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Sutta 17
Purisa-Bandhana Suttaɱ
Bondage 1
[17.1][pts][olds] "Bhikkhus, a woman binds a man in eight ways.
What eight?
A woman binds a man by her form
... by her smile
... by her speech
... by singing
[197] ... by weeping
... by her appearance
... by a present
... by her touch.
A woman binds a man in these eight ways.
Those beings are thoroughly bound who are bound by touch."
Sutta 18
Itthi-Bandhana Suttaɱ
Bondage 2
[17.1][pts][olds] "Bhikkhus, a man binds a woman in eight ways.
What eight?
A man binds a woman by his form
... by his smile
... by his speech
... by singing
... by weeping
... by his appearance
... by a present
... by his touch.
A man binds a woman in these eight ways.
Those beings are thoroughly bound who are bound by touch."
